ISLANDERS GET BIG ROAD WIN AT SAM HOUSTON

Feb 14, 2009

Huntsville - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball
team got a big Southland Conference road win over the Sam Houston
Bearkats by a 67-62 on Saturday afternoon. It was the second
victory this season for the Islanders over the Bearkats.

The
Islanders improve to 10-13 on the season and 5-5 in SLC play. The Bearkats fall to 7-16 and
4-6 in SLC action. Shaye
Montgomery led the Islanders in scoring with 17 points, one of
three Islanders to score in double figures.

"It was a big
win on the road for us."
said Head Coach Robert
Robinson. "I thought we
let one slip away last game and it was important to come back and
get a win."

Lauren
Smith opened the game with a layup for the Islanders, giving
them the first lead of the day at 2-0. With the score 5-4 in favor of the
Bearkats, the Islanders went on a 14-0 run over the next seven
minutes to take an 18-5 lead. Jade Davis accounted for seven of
those points while Smith hit a three-pointer while Myeisha
Myles and Diandra
Torres accounted for the other four points with two apiece.

"We moved the
ball around well." said
Robinson. "We did a good
job getting it to the open person and we did well in
transition."

Despite the
large lead, the Bearkats were persistent, scoring the next 12
points and fighting back to within one point at 18-17 with 5:44
left to go in the first half. The two teams went back and forth the
rest of the half, with the Bearkats tying the score momentarily at
24-24 with 2:17 left in the half. The Islanders were able to take back
the lead before the end of the half however, going into the break
up by three at 29-26.

In the second
half, the two teams battled early before the Islanders started to
pull away. TAMUCC extended
their lead to 10 on a made Montgomery free throw at the 17:00
minute mark. Deziree
Green hit a layup and a foul shot at the 8:24 mark to put the
Islanders up by 13 at 54-41. Myles followed with two buckets to
push the lead to 17 at 58-41 with 7:12 left.

The Bearkats
once again tried to chip away at the lead, getting it down four
points at 66-62 with 13 seconds left, but Montgomery would hit a
free throw with 11 second left to finish the scoring at 67-62.

Montgomery had
17 while Myles added 15 and Smith put in 12. Myles and Adrienne
Scott led the team with nine rebounds apiece while Smith,
Montgomery and Green each added eight. Brittany Brooks led all scorers in the
game with 19 points for the Bearkats.

The Islanders
out rebounded the Bearkats by a 48-31 margin, a key to the game for
TAMUCC.

"We did a good
job getting to the ball and defending their shots." said Robinson. "We put pressure on them on defense
and had some good things happen for us out there."

The Islanders
return home on Wednesday to face off against UTSA in the "Pink
Zone" game recognizing the WBCA's program to help spread awareness
about and help combat breast cancer. Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 7
PM at the American Bank Center.